Best Roast Pork With Gooseberry Sauce Recipes

BAREFOOT CONTESSA'S BEST ROASTED PORK

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• In a food processor, combine garlic, 1 tablespoon salt, thyme leaves and mustard.
• Spread the mixture over the pork and allow it to sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes.
• In the meantime, slice fennel bulbs into thick wedges.
• Toss the fennel, carrots, potatoes, and onions in olive oil, melted butter, salt, and pepper to taste.
• Place the vegetables in a large roasting pan and cook for 30 minutes.
• Place the pork loin on top of the roasted vegetables and continue to cook for another 30 to 50 minutes (or when a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the loin reads 138 degrees.).
• Remove the meat from the pan and return the vegetables to the oven to keep cooking.
• Cover the meat with aluminum foil and allow it to rest for 15 minutes.
• Remove the strings from the meat and slice it thickly.
• Arrange the meat and vegetables on a platter.
• Sprinkle salt and pepper to taste.
• Enjoy warm!

ROAST PORK WITH GOOSEBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Stab meat here and there with a small skewer or knife. Set on a large sheet of parchment or waxed paper. Grind salt, peppercorns, bay leaf, allspice and fennel seeds together in a spice grinder. Pour powder into a dish, and stir in garlic and brown sugar. Rub spice mixture evenly over pork. Enclose in paper, then wrap in foil. Refrigerate 1 to 2 days.
• When ready to cook, preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• In a flameproof casserole large enough to hold meat and bones, heat peanut oil; brown bones on all sides, then set aside and reserve. Meanwhile, discard paper and foil; tie meat to form a neat cylinder. Pat roast dry, and then brown well on all sides. Pour off fat, then return bones to pan with meat. Cover and set in center of oven. Roast until a meat thermometer placed in the center of the roast measures 170 degrees; test at 1 hour. When meat is cooked through, transfer to a cutting board, cover with foil and set aside. Discard bones.
• Skim fat from pan juices, which should measure about 1/2 to 3/4 cup. Add gooseberries and 1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar to pan. Simmer, mashing berries as they change color and soften to a thick, creamy puree -about 5 to 7 minutes. Add remaining sugar, salt and pepper to taste. Slice meat, and arrange on a bed of watercress. Serve hot sauce alongside.